In the early days of the women’s movement, we feminists dreamed of a time when movie theaters across the country would show a feature-length film that accurately depicted our work and the ...

“You’re so right on that,” says Jane Petrie, costume designer for “Suffragette,” Focus Feature’s October release about the movement to gain the vote for women, which is told from the ...

The story of one of the biggest rallies outside of London in the early 20th Century calling for women's right to vote is to ...

Reuniting with “Brick Lane” screenwriter Abi Morgan, Gavron dug into the rich history of the British suffrage movement with “Suffragette.” The film’s all-white cast spurred early outcry ...

Students of feminism also wouldn’t have the raucous historical footnote that is the difference between the suffragist and the suffragette, the namesake of a new film starring Meryl Streep ...

Penned by Helen Pankhurst, great granddaughter of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst (and granddaughter of Sylvia), this is a frank and unflinching study of the female experience over 100 years.

On 4 June 1913 suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was fatally injured at the Epsom Derby when she ran out in front of King's horse, Anmer. Her purpose was unclear and remains shrouded in mystery.

The film Suffragette has sparked a backlash reminiscent of the hysteria women's suffrage campaigners endured a century ago, argue the movie's historical advisers Anne Marie Duff and Carey Mulligan ...

The activist played by Meryl Streep in new movie Suffragette was beaten up by gangs of men as she fought inequality. And, in prison, like so many of her fellow suffragettes, she refused food and ...

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She is remembered as the suffragette who died under the King’s horse. But it has always been unclear as to whether Emily Davison really did intend to kill herself at the Epsom Derby in 1913 ...

A suffragette's advice on marriage has gone viral - with some suggesting that many of her tips still ring true today. Her tips include not marrying at all, but ensuring that you 'feed the brute ...